Trump Ready To Take US Arms For Ukraine & Divert Them To Middle East

President Donald Trump said Americans should expect the war against Iran to continue through November’s midterm elections, predicting the conflict will end shortly afterward. Meanwhile, the Department of War is preparing to maintain a major US military presence in the Middle East through the end of the year. “The war will be over very shortly […]

How Much Of The Gulf's Water Comes From Desalination Plants? Authored by Mohamed A. Hussein, The United States-Israeli war on Iran has exposed the vulnerability of critical water infrastructure in a region that is among the most water-scarce in the world. Last week, Iran’s foreign minister accused the US of striking a desalination plant on Qeshm Island off the coast of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. The strike reportedly cut off the water supply to 30 villages. Just 24 hours later, Bahrain said an Iranian drone had caused material damage to one of its desalination...

Doug Casey On The End Of Honest Markets Via InternationalMan.com, International Man: Markets are supposed to reflect economic reality. But when central banks suppress interest rates, governments debase currencies, and major powers manipulate oil prices for political purposes, can any market still be considered honest? Doug Casey: Almost all markets are distorted in some way by government intervention. Interest rates are the price of money itself. They’re the blood of an economy; when they’re manipulated, it amounts to blood poisoning. Currencies have become nothing more than floating abstractions. They move up and down by government fiat. The...